Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs. 8+ Gen 1 vs. 8 Gen 1: What are the main changes?

A few hours ago, the Qualcomm announced its newest processor for smartphones, Snapdragon 8 Gen2🇧🇷 he succeeds the Snapdragon 8 Gen1, released last year, and also the chipset Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 which debuted earlier this year. But what are the improvements it brings compared to its predecessors? Let's find out next.

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The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

The new chip Qualcomm is yet another device manufactured in partnership with TSMC, using the Taiwanese giant's 4nm process. he promises energy efficiency 40% bigger with 35% performance gain when compared to the previous generation of the manufacturer. The new chipset even supports better wireless connectivity features, including Wi-Fi 7.

The first big news of Snapdragon 8 Gen2 is the improvement in snapdragon smart, which will feature the most advanced Artificial Intelligence engine in the Qualcomm for a more complete experience in accelerating camera functions and natural processing for translating items in multiple languages.

This will be achieved thanks to the improved version of the processor Qualcomm Hexagon, which allows a greater inference to occur and the use of larger tensors in the part so that the AI ​​performance is up to 4,35 times greater than in the Snapdragon Gen 1. Qualcomm claims that the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 also brings music fidelity via Bluetooth never seen before.

Furthermore, this will be the first generation of the Snapdragon which will support the INT4 – an AI accuracy model that delivers up to 60% improvements in technology utilization, which will enable a greater amount of tools for developers and users of the Qualcomm AI Stack, an application development platform for Snapdragon platforms.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs. 8+ Gen 1 vs. 8 Gen 1: main differences

O Snapdragon 8 Gen2 uses ARM's new Cortex-X3, Cortex-A715 and Cortex-A510 CPU cores. It features a unique 1+4(2+2)+3 CPU structure with five high-performance cores and three low-power cores. By way of comparison, the chipsets Snapdragon earlier versions use four high-performance and four low-power cores.

This unique CPU structure has yet to be used by other brands. THE Qualcomm claims that CPU performance increased 35% and Energy efficiency has been improved by up to 40%🇧🇷 When we talk about GPU, the Adreno present in the new generation is up to 25% faster e 45% more energy efficient than the Snapdragon 8 Gen1🇧🇷 The company didn't specify how fast its new chipset is compared to the Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 in terms of graphics performance.

Furthermore, the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 is the first chipset from Qualcomm that supports the technology Ray Tracing, similar to Exynos 2200 da Samsung and Dimensity 9200 da MediaTek🇧🇷 Also in this sense, the chipset is capable of powering displays with QHD+ resolution at 144 Hz and 4K screens at 60 Hz, identical to the previous generation chips.

In terms of RAM memory, the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 supports LPDDR5X RAM, more advanced technology than the LPDDR5 RAM present in the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. The launch of Qualcomm it still supports UFS 4.0 storage, which is much faster than the UFS 3.1 supported by previous generation chips. This should improve overall performance and load times for apps and games.

Going to the cameras, the new generation of Qualcomm is capable of recording videos with up to 8K resolution at 60fps, an improvement over the limits of previous chips, which managed to record at the same 8K but at just 30 fps. In addition, devices equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 will support AV1 codec and video streaming at 8K 60fps.

As previously mentioned, connectivity has also gained thanks to the integrated X70 5G modem, which can reach downlink speeds of up to 10 Gbps e uplink speeds of up to 3,5 Gbps. The system FastConnect 7800 support Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth for the first time. Qualcomm claims the chip supports low latency audio performance of just 48ms.

Completion and availability

Overall, the new processor from Qualcomm it offers faster performance, greatly improved power efficiency, better performance, shorter app load times, and faster wireless connectivity.

O Snapdragon 8 Gen2 will initially appear on devices from Xiaomi that will be launched in late 2022, with other devices with the platform being presented throughout 2023. The processor will be mainly aimed at high-end devices, and will be on the market alongside other Qualcomm processors for different levels of mobile devices.

Specifications Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Direct competitor of Qualcomm, Mediatek launched the Dimensity 9200 with WiFi 7 and Ray Tracing🇧🇷 Chipset should hit the international market during the last two months of 2022. Meet the new generation.

Source: SamMobile.